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Strategic Communications Task Lead

Barbaricum99 open roles

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This job: posted 128 days ago

Barbaricum median: 44 days open

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Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 17 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.

Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, and Bedford, IN, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges. Join our team.

Barbaricum is seeking an experienced Strategic Communications Task Lead to lead strategic communications initiatives under the Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) Outreach and Digital Enterprise Services (MODES) contract. You will support research-informed messaging, audience insight-driven communications, narrative development, and time-sensitive communications efforts that enhance MC&FP's ability to inform, engage, and support the global military community.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead execution of strategic communications initiatives informed by research, analytics, audience insights, and MC&FP priorities.
  • Coordinate messaging, narrative development, campaign planning, and communications products across channels to optimize reach, consistency, and effectiveness.
  • Lead Strategic Communications planning processes to ensure cross-team communications campaigns and activities are integrated, audience-informed, and aligned with MC&FP objectives.
  • Establish project and program management approaches that support team coordination, track progress, manage resources, and align communications activities with program priorities.
  • Develop proposals and recommendations with senior leadership to enhance the quality, reach, and mission impact of Outreach and Engagement activities.
  • Support performance monitoring by working with team leaders and managers to establish metrics that measure the effectiveness and success of engagement and campaign activities.
  • Collaborate with Policy, Events and Partnerships, Leadership and Organizational Development, and other functional teams to communicate practical policy and practice insights to target audiences.
  • Develop and maintain a strong applied understanding of MC&FP audiences, stakeholder needs, and communication channels.
  • Manage time-sensitive, high-profile, pilot, or special project communications efforts, ensuring timely delivery of accurate and effective communications products.
  • Prepare and support high-profile promotional events, leadership messaging, campaign materials, briefings, talking points, and other strategic communications deliverables.

Required Skills:

  • Strong knowledge of strategic communications, public relations, audience analysis, campaign planning, research-informed messaging, and communications performance measurement.
  • Ability to translate research, analytics, audience insights, and program results into compelling narratives, messaging strategies, and communications products.
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills, including presentation, public speaking, briefing, editing, and executive-level messaging capabilities.
  • Ability to persuade, negotiate, and advance or resolve issues through clear, strategic, and audience-focused communication.
  • Strong writing and editorial skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences in a concise and understandable manner.
  • Experience coordinating communications campaigns across multiple teams, channels, stakeholders, deadlines, and competing priorities.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to develop polished communications products, briefings, reports, and presentation materials.
  • Strong multitasking, time-management, and organizational skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and advance multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to work effectively with senior leaders, functional teams, policy professionals, event teams, partnership leads, and communications personnel.
  • Sound judgment, attention to detail, and ability to manage time-sensitive communications in a mission-focused environment.

Required Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Public Relations, Journalism, Communications, Public Policy, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in organizational strategic communications, public affairs, communications campaign management, or a related field.
  • Demonstrated experience developing strategic communications plans, campaign messaging, audience-informed narratives, communications products, and performance measures.
  • Experience supporting executive communications, high-profile promotional events, special projects, pilot initiatives, or time-sensitive communications efforts.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary teams to align communications, policy, events, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and organizational priorities.
  • DoD Secret Security Clearance.

EEO Commitment

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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